1“抽签”征兵在美国——简单随机抽样“签儿”资格老、用途多。古人用“抽签”方法预测吉凶祸福,决策重大事项。现代人的用途同样五花八门,彩券发行单位用“抽签”决定中奖号码;城市陋巷和偏远乡村有人用它骗取钱财,运动场上用它安排赛事。在大洋彼岸的美国,“抽签”的用途更为奇特,40年前还曾被用于征集新兵。这一做法,在1969年12月曾获得美国国会批准,实行过程中还得到美国统计学家的技术指导。 1 “lottery ” conscription in the United States - simple random sampling “sign child ” qualification old, use more. The ancients use “lottery” method to predict the good and bad fortune, decision-making major issues. Modern use of the same variety, lottery issuing unit with “lottery ” determine the winning number; urban alley and remote villages, some people use it to cheat money, use it on the stadium to arrange the event. In the United States across the Atlantic, the “draw” was even more exotic and was used for recruiting more than 40 years ago. This practice, which was approved by the U.S. Congress in December 1969, was also given technical guidance by U.S. statisticians.